TX- Early voting in Primary Elections Begins Today

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Early voting for the primary elections begins today and runs until March 3rd. The Primary Election will be held March 7th.

Here is your chance to make sure pro-gun candidates make it to the General Election. Here is the TSRA Voter Guide for the elections:

http://www.tsrapac.org/tsravotersguide.pdf
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Yes thanks for the reminder, But here are the best 2A candidates for 2006-

http://www.tx.lp.org/

2006 Candidates

The following is a list of Libertarian Party candidates who have filed for state and district offices for the 2006 general election. There is a list of county-level candidates at the bottom. Please contact your local county chair for a confirmation of the local candidate list.

U.S. Senator Timothy Wade Diecker
U.S. Senator Ray Salinas
U.S. Senator Scott Lanier Jameson
Governor James Werner
Lieutenant Governor Judy Baker
Attorney General Jon Roland
Comptroller of Public Accounts Mike Burris
Land Commissioner Michael A. French
Agriculture Commissioner Clay Woolam
Railroad Commissioner Tabitha Serrano
Chief Justice, Supreme Court Tom Oxford
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2 Wade Wilson
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 4 Jerry Adkins
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6 Todd Phillippi
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8 Jay H. Cookingham
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7 Quanah Parker
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8 Dave Howard
U.S. Representative, District 1 Donald Perkison
U.S. Representative, District 2 Justo J. Perez
U.S. Representative, District 3 Christopher J. Claytor
U.S. Representative, District 4 Kurt G. Helm
U.S. Representative, District 5 Mike Nelson
U.S. Representative, District 6 Carl Nulsen
U.S. Representative, District 7 Drew Parks
U.S. Representative, District 8 J. Michael McLauchlan
U.S. Representative, District 10 Michael Badnarik
U.S. Representative, District 12 Gardner Osborne
U.S. Representative, District 13 Jim Thompson
U.S. Representative, District 14 Eugene J. Flynn
U.S. Representative, District 15 Alex Bischoff
U.S. Representative, District 16 Gordon R. Strickland
U.S. Representative, District 17 Guillermo Acosta
U.S. Representative, District 18 Patrick Warren
U.S. Representative, District 19 Fred Jones
U.S. Representative, District 20 Jessie A. Bouley
U.S. Representative, District 20 Michael Idrogo
U.S. Representative, District 21 James Arthur Strohm
U.S. Representative, District 22 Stan Norred
U.S. Representative, District 22 Bob Smither
U.S. Representative, District 23 Cecil H. Lamb
U.S. Representative, District 24 Mark Frohman
U.S. Representative, District 25 Grant Rostig
U.S. Representative, District 26 Rich Haas
U.S. Representative, District 26 Paul Mastin
U.S. Representative, District 27 Robert Powell
U.S. Representative, District 28 Glenda B. Moyes
U.S. Representative, District 29 Clifford Lee Messina
U.S. Representative, District 30 Ken Ashby
U.S. Representative, District 31 Matt McAdoo
U.S. Representative, District 32 N. Ruben F. Perez
U.S. Representative, District 32 John B. Hawley
State Board of Education, District 5 Bill Oliver
State Board of Education, District 10 Martin Thomen
State Board of Education, District 12 Matthew Havener
State Board of Education, District 15 Brandon Stacker
State Senator, District 1 Jason Albers
State Senator, District 2 Dennis Kaptain
State Senator, District 5 Darrell R. Grear
State Senator, District 7 Mary Ann Bryan
State Senator, District 8 Cliff Mathews
State Senator, District 12 Morgan Ware
State Senator, District 13 Isaac Barlow Jr.
State Senator, District 14 Robert "Rock" Howard
State Senator, District 17 Phil Kurtz
State Senator, District 18 Roy O. Wright II
State Senator, District 22 Mark B. Privitt
State Senator, District 22 Phil Smart
State Senator, District 25 James R. (Bob) Thompson
State Representative, District 1 Malcolm D. Machauer
State Representative, District 1 Tim Eason
State Representative, District 2 Dawn M. Childs
State Representative, District 2 Richard P. Roffino
State Representative, District 4 Rick E. Carter
State Representative, District 5 Tim Carmichael
State Representative, District 7 Jonathan A. Rasco
State Representative, District 11 Paul (Blue) Story
State Representative, District 12 Donald B. Keith
State Representative, District 13 Charles Stigall
State Representative, District 15 Brian J. Drake
State Representative, District 17 Roderick (Rod) Gibbs
State Representative, District 18 Kris Overstreet
State Representative, District 22 Judith Cobbett
State Representative, District 23 Raymond Lloyd
State Representative, District 24 Brady Lee Hutchison
State Representative, District 25 Meagan Barclay
State Representative, District 32 Lenard L. Nelson
State Representative, District 34 Bradley Moore
State Representative, District 34 Billy "Bill" Parker
State Representative, District 35 Edward Elmer
State Representative, District 38 Jim Fuller
State Representative, District 39 Michael J. White
State Representative, District 45 Tom Gleinser
State Representative, District 46 Richard Wedeikes
State Representative, District 47 Yvonne Schick
State Representative, District 47 Ronnie Gjemre
State Representative, District 48 Ben Easton
State Representative, District 49 Lisa McKay
State Representative, District 50 Jerry Chandler
State Representative, District 51 Arthur DiBianca
State Representative, District 52 Lillian Simmons
State Representative, District 53 BW Holk
State Representative, District 54 Nicolaas Kramer
State Representative, District 57 Neill Snider
State Representative, District 58 Tom Stewart
State Representative, District 59 Michael R. L. Coon
State Representative, District 59 Richard L. Kennedy
State Representative, District 60 Al Barrera
State Representative, District 61 Richard Forsythe Jr.
State Representative, District 65 John E. Shuey
State Representative, District 66 Randy Kohn
State Representative, District 66 Benjamin Westfried
State Representative, District 66 Rajendra Wall
State Representative, District 68 John-Patrick Snow
State Representative, District 69 Richard Brown
State Representative, District 70 Robert R. Virasin
State Representative, District 70 Tony Streetman
State Representative, District 70 David Thatcher
State Representative, District 71 Vanessa Nicole Harris
State Representative, District 72 Dennis Higgins
State Representative, District 73 Shannon McCracken
State Representative, District 73 Charles B. Ellis
State Representative, District 81 Billy Grimes
State Representative, District 85 David K. Schumacher
State Representative, District 86 Bill Glover
State Representative, District 88 Timothy Justice
State Representative, District 89 Helen Rhine
State Representative, District 89 Robert Aultman
State Representative, District 90 Rod Wingo
State Representative, District 91 Garland Franklin
State Representative, District 93 Max W. Koch III
State Representative, District 94 Michael R. Henderson
State Representative, District 94 John Spirko
State Representative, District 94 Leslie Herman
State Representative, District 95 John Paul Robinson
State Representative, District 96 Samuel S. Thomas
State Representative, District 97 Carlos M. Garcia
State Representative, District 97 James M. Browning
State Representative, District 98 Jacob Gregory Glatz
State Representative, District 99 John C. Waldowski
State Representative, District 100 Robert M. Pritchett
State Representative, District 101 Don Cecil
State Representative, District 101 Jeffrey S. Joyner
State Representative, District 102 Thomas Hall
State Representative, District 103 David R. Mason
State Representative, District 104 Cameron McSpadden
State Representative, District 105 John Turner
State Representative, District 106 Gene Freeman
State Representative, District 107 Chris Jones
State Representative, District 108 T. Evan Fisher
State Representative, District 109 Maurice Dubois
State Representative, District 112 Matthew G. Moseley
State Representative, District 113 Justin Winn
State Representative, District 114 Edward C. Cormack
State Representative, District 114 Paul D. Petersen
State Representative, District 116 John T. Tennison
State Representative, District 118 James L. Thompson
State Representative, District 120 Jo Ann Thabet
State Representative, District 120 Jason Kelley
State Representative, District 121 Barry L. Allison
State Representative, District 122 Chase A. Burnside
State Representative, District 122 Sally Baynton
State Representative, District 123 Daniel P. Ragsdale
State Representative, District 125 Jeffrey C. Blunt
State Representative, District 125 Patrick L. Giles
State Representative, District 125 Robert R. Gornto
State Representative, District 126 Oscar J. Palma Jr.
State Representative, District 127 Veal Johnson
State Representative, District 129 Julian Franklin Pugh
State Representative, District 130 William B. Gray, Jr.
State Representative, District 131 C. S. Fuller
State Representative, District 132 Cesar A. De La Canal
State Representative, District 133 Chris Camero
State Representative, District 134 Mhair S. Dekmezian
State Representative, District 136 J. W. Stables
State Representative, District 138 Mike Craig
State Representative, District 141 William R. Kelley
State Representative, District 142 Mary Czapla-Fullard
State Representative, District 143 Joe O. Marcom
State Representative, District 144 Carl A. Riedel
State Representative, District 144 Matthew Kolar
State Representative, District 146 Gerald W. "Jerry" LaFleur
State Representative, District 148 Ray E. Dittmar
State Representative, District 149 Terry Schoellkopf
State Representative, District 150 Scott W. Smith

Bastrop County
County Judge Travis Hill

Bexar County
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3 Jeff Carruthers

Brazos County
County Judge Clyde Garland
County Clerk Steven Boriski
County Treasurer Cooper McLean
County Commissioner, Precinct 2 Karen Hall
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 Cindy Arnold
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 Linda Wilbert
Constable, Precinct 2 Doug Bell

Dallas County
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 Place 2 V. Rose Mercer

Galveston County
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 9 Tony "Tbone" Fraps

Jefferson County
County Judge Helen Sue Sherbaf

Lubbock County
District Clerk Matthew Harlow
County Commissioner, Precinct 2 Dan Moore Jr.
County Commissioner, Precinct 4 M. J. (Smitty) Smith
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3 Brian T. H. Thornton

McLennan County
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 7 Clint Chase

Montgomery County
County Judge Joe Rogerson

Tarrant County
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 "Jesse" Colin Bice

Taylor County
County Clerk Roxanna Jones

Travis County
County Judge Matt Turner
County Clerk Allan Juranek
County Treasurer Robert Brushaber
County Commissioner, Precinct 2 Glen Bonnet, Jr.
County Commissioner, Precinct 4 Tim Davis
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 Matt Finkel
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3 Robert B. McDonald
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 5 Chris Crenshaw
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 5 R. Stuart Geiger
 
Anyone know Friedmans stand on 2A?

The train wreck that is Texas Education system needs help and I'm not sure Perry can bring it. That said, I couldn't bring myself to vote for an anti Liberal.
 
http://www.ruminator.com/content/040501.html

Great interview at the link.

SM: How do you feel about gun control? You wrote a column a while back about why you don’t hunt, didn’t you?

KF: I’m not anti-hunting, I just don’t hunt. As far as gun control goes, in Texas the conceal-and-carry law is working really well; it’s cut crime and I think George W. did good with that one. I don’t think he did well with the death penalty—I’m not as confident as he is that innocent men haven’t been killed.
 
TexasSIGman said:
Anyone know Friedmans stand on 2A?

The train wreck that is Texas Education system needs help and I'm not sure Perry can bring it. That said, I couldn't bring myself to vote for an anti Liberal.
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Friedman hasn't filled out a TSRA questionaire, which is traditionally not a great sign. Despite saying he is not anti-hunting, some of his past columns would be hard to construe as anything but anti-hunting and Friedman is a big animal rights advocate.

Poster here claims Kinky stated the following on an Austin cable access show:

LonghornAR15 said:
Out of his own mouth, Kinky said that he believes firearms used for sporting purposes are fine but "assault rifles" have no real use. He said that EVERY rifle should be limited to 5 rounds because if you cannot hit whatever wild game you are shooting at within 5 shots then you shouldn't be hunting.
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There are a number of A-rated candidates (including Democrats) though if you don't like Perry. Strangely enough I don't believe Strayhorn has a grade, though I know TSRA endorsed her for Comptroller last time she ran.

CentralTexas said:
Yes thanks for the reminder, But here are the best 2A candidates for 2006-
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I wouldn't assume that just because someone is running on the LP ticket that they are the best 2A candidate. Past Libertarian candidates for office in Texas have included John Gonzales of the Dallas Observer, who ran on the ticket for the sole purpose of writing a story for the Dallas Observer and mocked most of the policies and membership of the Texas LP in the story. So I wouldn't assume those candidates are particularly well-vetted or pro-2A without talking to them firsthand and checking up on their personal platform.
 
Not a Republican not endorsed.

It is interesting that Strayhhorn was good enough for the TSRA when she ran for Comptroller when she was a Republican but not good enough for them when she runs as an Independent for governor.:rolleyes:
 
Rubikees said:
It is interesting that Strayhhorn was good enough for the TSRA when she ran for Comptroller when she was a Republican but not good enough for them when she runs as an Independent for governor.:rolleyes:
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To be fair to TSRA though, the comptroller has pretty limited opportunity to affect RKBA in Texas. Some opportunity to be sure; but not a lot.

The Governor on the other hand gave TSRA everything they asked for during his term. So I can see where TSRA might decide they need to dance with who brought them.
 
With our weak Governor sytem the reps mean even more and the Lt. Governor is very important.
Badnarik is running for Congress in Dist 10, he will get my vote.
CT
 
Out of his own mouth, Kinky said that he believes firearms used for sporting purposes are fine but "assault rifles" have no real use. He said that EVERY rifle should be limited to 5 rounds because if you cannot hit whatever wild game you are shooting at within 5 shots then you shouldn't be hunting
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Well to hell with kinky then. Looks like it's Perry for me. I paid way too much money and did too much federal hoop jumping for that kinky jerkoff to limit my NFA guns to 5 rounds.
 
boofus said:
Well to hell with kinky then. Looks like it's Perry for me. I paid way too much money and did too much federal hoop jumping for that kinky jerkoff to limit my NFA guns to 5 rounds.
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Yeah, I didnt have much hope that he would be pro 2A. His ideas on education make sense, but he seems to be running on a one or 2 topic platform. Not enough for me.
 
Rubikees said:
It is interesting that Strayhhorn was good enough for the TSRA when she ran for Comptroller when she was a Republican but not good enough for them when she runs as an Independent for governor.:rolleyes:
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Unless I read it wrong, I counted 8 times where a Dem was endorsed over a Rep, additionally, I don't believe Strayhorn has filled out her TSRA questionnaire. That coupled with the fact that one of her largest backers is Walter Umphrey (big Ann Richards backer) makes me a bit nervous.
 
I have a lot of respect for TSRA. I'll have to print out their recommendations.

I do agree that Perry has been gun friendly. Given the weak nature of the Gov in Texas, I don't blame Perry for that mess. He only catches hell because it is hard for people to blame the legislature since most don't know who their representative is.
 
Overall the choices look pretty good, at least a god pro-gun candidate in each race. Are there any races where a pro-gun candidate needs a little help to beat an anti in the primary?
 
Also worth mentioning that Terry Keel was the legislator who gave us our new pro-gun travelling law. He is running for the Court of Criminal Appeals and is endorsed by TSRA. Always nice to have a few pro-gun judges...
 
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, you can do in this election, is DO NOT VOTE ON THE LT GOVERNORS RACE, SKIP IT. make duhurst realize he was put there for a reason, we tried to get prop tax relief, and he actually made a public statement of ," well the different lobbies couldn't agree". unbelievable , the guy was put there by the grassroots, and this is the biggest problem we have with republicans, they do great when they are annon. but as soon as they hit an office that gets a lot of pub , or they go to Washington, they so much want to be in the right parties, and articles, they totally forget us. time to show him, that if he wants to win in the general, when his team counts the UNDERVOTES IN HIS CATEGORY, he might have to change his underwear, and get with the prgm.
 
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I voted yesterday and I choose to vote in the Democrat primaries, as the local republican primaries didnt have too much competition in it, most of them were unoposed, while the local Democrat primaries had plenty of action.

I voted against the incumbant county comissioners, since this last year they gave themselves a nice fat payraise that they didnt deserve, and I also checked out the TSRA's voters guide to vote for the more pro-gun Democrats.

For LTG, I voted for Adrian DeLeon, I dont know anything about him and he probably wont win, but he was the only Democrat LTG candidate that is ranked on the TSRA guide and he gets an A.

The ballot also had two propositions

Proposition 1:
Do you support lifting millions of families above
the national poverty line by increasing the state
minimum wage above its current level of $5.15
per hour?

Proposition 2:
Do you support the restoration of Texans' full
rights to a trial by jury in civil cases?

I voted against the 1st one, raising the minimum wage does nothing to fight poverty and only hurts those that make more than minimum wage (mostly everyone).

I voted for the 2nd one. However I thought we already have a right to trial by jury in lawsuits? Is that not the case?
 
man that is weird, neither of those props were in the republican poll vote. dont tell me that the state gives up repub or dem freindly props , to each of their respective parties?
 
Propositions on primary voting aren't binding on the state, they are just a way of establishing the state party platform. You notice the incredibly biased language they use to prod voters in the direction they want them to go?
 
His ideas on education make sense, but he seems to be running on a one or 2 topic platform. Not enough for me.
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<sigh> But I really was hoping he'd branch out and become more of a viable candidate. Even if I didn't vote for him, I really wanted to see how well he could add a level of discourse into the usual bickering...
 
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